New policy regarding prepaid phones on post paid

Effective 1/17/2016, customers who purchase a Prepaid 4G device must activate on a $30, $45, or $60 Prepaid plan and make at least 1 monthly service payment before they are eligible to move the device to a new or active Postpay account .

Device remains locked until first month’s payment is made on their Prepaid plan.Device is unlocked automatically upon successful first month’s payment and can be used on Postpaid plan (new SIM or SIM swap).Attempting to use an active Postpay SIM Card with a new 4G LTE Prepaid PIB smartphone prior to making the required monthly payment, hotlines the Postpay MDN (SFO 83643) . The hotline remains until first month’s payment is made.Customers who activate on the $45 or $60 Prepaid plans and enroll in Auto Pay, receive bonus 1GB data per month.

If account is hotlined:

Data access, outgoing calls, and text messaging do not work.Text message is sent to smartphone.*VZW FREE MSG: Phone must be activated on Verizon Wireless Prepaid service and first monthly payment must be made before it can be used with any other service. *Auto-remark is placed on the customer's account.*SIM Swap attempted: MDN Hotlined. Phone must be activated on VZW Prepaid service and first month paid before it can be activated as postpaid. *

Edit 2/22/16:

Also, not really a way around it, but if you get a prepaid plan ($30 is currently the lowest) then you can activate as many prepaid devices as you want, and make a call while on the prepaid plan, that should clear that the imei.

Btw, if you have 3g prepaid devices then you can activate them on the prepaid line at the same time. 3g devices require 6 month wait though, so long as you activate it on prepaid once, then the clock starts ticking. You don't have to keep prepaid service for 6 months, just have to wait 6 months after activation .

I activated mine and paid for a month. I still don't have full service when I put in my SIM. I can get texts, but can't send them. I couldn't make a call the last time I tried. I'm trying to stay off the radar because I have unlimited data, and I don't want some crazy representative messing with my plan.

Just depends on the sale. Many of us have the $10 prepaid moto e 2nd gen. Or some of the $20 moto g.

Arguably the $8 droid mini is a better device though

Was there ever a 4G version of the Moto G for Verizon? I thought they were 3G-only.

I still have 6 Verizon perpaid Moto G from when they were free at Best Buy last year.
($25 each with $25 back in Best Buy Rewards, which I turned into $25 Sheel gas gift cards)
I bought all remaining stock from the three Best Buy stores near me. They only had
17 in stock combined, so I bought all 17. Traded the other 11 for $300 Verizon trade-in
credit or $47 Amazon gift cards.

Was there ever a 4G version of the Moto G for Verizon? I thought they were 3G-only.

I still have 6 Verizon perpaid Moto G from when they were free at Best Buy last year.
($25 each with $25 back in Best Buy Rewards, which I turned into $25 Sheel gas gift cards)
I bought all remaining stock from the three Best Buy stores near me. They only had
17 in stock combined, so I bought all 17. Traded the other 11 for $300 Verizon trade-in
credit or $47 Amazon gift cards.

Also, not really a way around it, but if you get a prepaid plan ($30 is currently the lowest) then you can activate as many prepaid devices as you want, and make a call while on the prepaid plan, that should clear that the imei.

Btw, if you have 3g prepaid devices then you can activate them on the prepaid line at the same time. 3g devices require 6 month wait though, so long as you activate it on prepaid once, then the clock starts ticking. You don't have to keep prepaid service for 6 months, just have to wait 6 months after activation .

Also, not really a way around it, but if you get a prepaid plan ($30 is currently the lowest) then you can activate as many prepaid devices as you want, and make a call while on the prepaid plan, that should clear that the imei.

Btw, if you have 3g prepaid devices then you can activate them on the prepaid line at the same time. 3g devices require 6 month wait though, so long as you activate it on prepaid once, then the clock starts ticking. You don't have to keep prepaid service for 6 months, just have to wait 6 months after activation .

Apparently, if you attempt to swap a postpaid SIM before activating and end up with a hotline on the phone, it sticks without CSR intervention. The first one I got supposedly consulted tech support, and told me I couldn't use a prepaid phone on a postpaid account. I thanked him and called back. I suggested the phone probably had a hotline. It took a few seconds, but the CSR found it. She consulted tech support and had the hotline lifted. We made practice incoming and outgoing calls and texts.

Late to the thread, but my wife's note4 just died and need a short term VZW phone until the note gets repaired. So I can buy a Moto E prepaid and buy a one month card, activate it and make a few calls, then I can pop in her post paid SIM?

Also, not really a way around it, but if you get a prepaid plan ($30 is currently the lowest) then you can activate as many prepaid devices as you want, and make a call while on the prepaid plan, that should clear that the imei.

Btw, if you have 3g prepaid devices then you can activate them on the prepaid line at the same time. 3g devices require 6 month wait though, so long as you activate it on prepaid once, then the clock starts ticking. You don't have to keep prepaid service for 6 months, just have to wait 6 months after activation .